AUSTRALASIAN TRADE EXPANSION.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1155, 16 June 1911, Page 8

AUSTRALASIAN TRADE EXPANSION.

AIR' KIDMAN ON THE PEOSPECTS. 'Yes, I do say there are good inducements for trade between Australia and America in mutton, butter, and beef," said Mr. Arthur Kidman in replv to an Australian, interviewer. . Mr. Kidman thought that there was also room for a good trade in'- butter with America, and Canada. Canadiau and American butter had a lot of leeway to make up before any comparison could be made with ■the Australian product. • Speaking generally, Ameri'can'methods of producing buttor were entirely wrong, whereas Australia had got almost all sections of that industry dotvn to a fine art. The greater , !? r P rotlu ced in Canada and the united. States was much inferior to a Australian! Tho co-operative svstern had not made much headway with ser!V5 er !V .'-F O , his mind, a large, percentage of their butter contained fully 20 per cent. •of moisture, ot crcn niore. The food sjpres or markets throughout En?Jand, .Canada, and /America (particularly the two last-named countries) were equipped 011 very much more up-to-date lines, than in Australia ; and from the hvgienic \nd attractive point of view aloue pro--yided a Rood- objecUesson for the majority, of Australian retail perishable food stores. a question as to Argentine competition, Mr. Kidman said that Argentine people had concentrated their efforts on London trade. The reasons of their success were tjieir more perfe'et organisation, their more regular, shipping, and their Hotter preparation of moat penerallv Ihe meat was not .better than Australian meat, but the distance to London being much shorter, the bulk of the meat was chilledj not frozen, and commanded better prices.